<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>

  div { color:red; }
  </style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <select name="sweets" multiple="multiple">
    <option>Chocolate</option>
    <option selected="selected">Candy</option>

    <option>Taffy</option>
    <option selected="selected">Caramel</option>
    <option>Fudge</option>
    <option>Cookie</option>

  </select>
  <div></div>
<script>
    $("select").change(function () {
          var str = "";
          $("select option:selected").each(function () {
                str += $(this).text() + " ";
              });
          $("div").text(str);
        })
        .change();
</script>

</body>
</html>